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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-12-16

1t was bright sunny day early in Oc-
tober. Something unusual appears to be
going on at the farmhouse. Presently
the front door is opened, and farmer New
man, accompanied by Jack steps out up
on the veranda. Mrs. Newman and
Oracle follow them to the door.
s'Be sure and write at least three times a
week, Jack" said Oracle. making an eff
fort to speak cheerfully.
''Of course will, )" replied Jack gaily,
and with fond kiss and loving embrace
he bounds down the steps and hurries to
Join his father, who awaits him at the
garden gate.
A rumbiing noise heralds the approach
of the stage that is to carry Jack to the
station.
"Good-by father" said Jack, grasping
the farmers hand and shaking it yigor-
ously.
"Good-by Jack. And, my boy, attempted
to touch the wine-cup, remember wha'
might have been and put Satan behind
thee. Good-by, and may God bless and
keep YOU
Jack climbed into the stage, and as Tho
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-12-16

Never give up, and never get blue,
Keep brave soul, and weather IT through;
Never say fail,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-12-16
FARMS, DWELLINGS
AND
TOWN LOTS FOR SALE.

WYE Offer for owners, ut Private sale, dc
w sjrabie farms and other properties
among which we mention:
No IA farm of lG5 Acres in L. \. creek
Township, 100 acres improved, balance TIMBER
land Good buildings, terms easy.
No. Farm of 60 Acres near LONESOME
Good buildings, property i'll good conultlon,
No Farm OF 50 Acres near orketoWn.
buildings in good repair and land in good state
of cultivation CO., ,,,-
No 4--Farm of 40 Acres on Salem Creek;
near Sharptown. 100 acres upland in GOOD
condition; 10aeres meadow.
No Farm of 40 Acres near sharpioWN,h WI.
buildings new, one of the best farms IN the
county. ,il;,,.s
Also handsome and convenient dweiiings
on Dickinson street, Allen avenue. East ave
nue. and Broad street, in Woodstown, Nj.
FOGG & HICKMAN,
NovlS-tf CohFeyahceis-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-11-25

administration du BOIetin Mer-
eantu phonneur de prier Messieurs
ks Annonciers francais de vouloir bien
femettre leurs ordres de Publicite a
NM. AMEDEE PRINCE & Gle, qui
sont les Agents uniques ct exclusifs
De ce journal pour Ia PablteiK FraNeai1
q AMRlGise.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-11-25
ARMAs Y GIMENEZ,
13.--CRUZ-13.

Venden muy bararos los artf-
culos siguientes:
Barras, marrones, macetas, pi-
cos, zapapicos, azadas, palas y
cuanto en- nerram entas pueda
necesitarse para caminos y can
teras. Venden Cemento Por-
tland, superior, en barriles de 150
v 180K. 80
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-11-25
S0BRES PARA CARTkS,
eran surtid dc todss slasss y preclos.
Sobres o 20 centavos 100.
Id. q 80 i'd. i'd.
Id. de uu doblez 4 20 id. id.
ES Ell MAS BARATO.
CAfElSEO DI IA DOIeIAA CRISfIANl
eompxssto por 81 Padre Kipa.da.

Texto para Las Escuelas de Ia Isis
de Puerto-Rico segdn Decreto del
Excmo. 8 limo. Sr. Obispo de ests
Di6cesis ID. Juan Antonio Puig en- is
de Dicienbre de l8SO,y publicado en-
81 BoIetin Ec1ssiGstico en- 10 de Enero
de 1881, cue dice asi:
"Deseando facilitar, segdn So lmpor.
tancia requiere, Ia adquisici6n del Ca
tecismo de la Doctrina Oristiana 4 tods
clase dc personals, venimos en- declsrar
tambien de texto para Ia Di6cesis 81
antique y popular Oatecismo del P.
Rips.da que & pesar de su reducido vo
ldmen, comprende en- sus sencillas '
concisas preguntas y respuestas Ia su-
ma toda de Ia ensefianza cat6lica: reu-
niendo 4 La vez Ia immense ventais de
estar por su indmo precio al alcsnce de
rs familias pobres."
PBEoIo.-2 chavos uno. IS cts. doce.
ma y $3.50 cts. gruess.
| BE vende en- la IMPRKNTA, ALMAoRS
DH PAPHL L1BRzRfA del BoLxrN MER-
oANT1L Fortaleza "a, y en- 10 de ID. Josf
GoNzALHE FoNT, Fortaleza 81. So
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-11-25
lGUlS MINERILBS
DE BON NEFONT.
uANANTlAlES DE R0SSlERES.

Aguas gaseosas acidulo- -bcarbonatadas soacas
meas, lgerapente ferru2nosas. <ss ' ~
Estas son las de las axuas
natuaes Muy agradabes palada pueden beber an
las comidas mezcadas Los principles de ess han
do motive la Academia de Medicina de Paris s ra
mende Las propedades de elias benefcosas en- lbs rs
I883-84. ~ o"'A On
Muy diles tempo epdemico como preservativo de l
intermediates ocasonadas por las aguas ordnarias ~
Reempazan las aguas de vchy en- todas sus aplic..
cones ~ "P4'"'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-11-25
ENCUADERNACION
DEL "B0LETIN MERCANTILE, y

En- esta secci6n de La casa, montada = -
tOdOs los elementOs necesariOs prOvista lie
materiales de primera clase &c hacen encua-
dernaciones en- holandesa carton6, pasta es.
panOla, piel de levante con relieves. todo ner.
fecto y precios reducidos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-11-25

Este maravilloso b&lnamo sans inf aliblemen
to las heridas antiguas, las llagas, y los male
dc piernas y de pecho. Por medic de On inaue
ola Las tlceras virulentag toman muy pronto
IN aspecto convalecisnts desaparecen. Ia
mas dsja, este unguento ferrigerante. de pro
aucir ana cura peTfeota de Ias afeccionen de !.
miel, los constpadoE, Ian toses y 81 reamatis
mo, aun cuando 20 be auelsdo On vano to
dos losdem&s remedios,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-11-25

The Proprietors of the Boletin
MelUantn have the honour of re-
questing English advertisers to hand
their orders to Mess. AMEDEE
PRINCE Z c. who are the sole
Agents for all English d French
Adpxrtising.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-11-25
AMIGOS DE TODOs
pILDORAS HOLLOWAY.

Millones dc personals, en- todaE las parties
mundo, recomiendan dichas Psldoras como
mejor rcstaurativo de 10 aalud que 80 conoce
Elias curan todas las afecciones dol coras6n
del hfgado, del est6mago, dc los rihones y
los intestinos, y remuevsn Ia acrimonis. Ia
nstulenoie y Ia oardialgia, expulsando do Ia
aangre toda impuresa, fortaleoiendo comple
taments el sistema nervioso y dando m tono
udsble ls organization general.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-10
The True Method of Riding.

Again, the riding in the show is having q
material influence upon the British army.
The officers of most of the regiments have
sent the men up here to watch US ride. "By
the way" l asked, "Mr. Cody, do you not
think that the British have the true method
of riding at trot when they raise them.
selves in the stirrups?"
Miss Cody, who had dropped in for mo-
ment, said: II do not think it is the proper
method of riding at all. They could not keep
it up on the plains, riding all day long, as
father has ridden, hundred miles in a day.
1t is too much work."
Il do not see," said Buffalo Bill, "why a
man should give himself so much pains when
he rides. The true method of riding is to
make your body flexible with the motion Of
the horse, and not to invent movement of
your own. ride from the knee and the end
of the thigh. Their way of putting the foot
through the stirrup would never do with us;
it is dangerous. The foot ought to touch the
stirrup, and the man ought to hold his knees
close to the animal and sway his body with
the movement Of the horse"
Here Jack Burke spoke up, saying: "Sir
Garnet Wolseley asked me after the show
was over how many such riders we had on
the plains. I told him had no statistics at
hand, but thought l would answer him in
round numbers as largely as possible, so I
said I thought we had about million such
riders, each of whom had an extra ho. Sc 20
lead "-@Gath" in Cincinnati EnG-:.cr.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-10
When is a Halter Not a Halter?

A well known halter was riding uptown
last night, and engaged with scholarly
neighbor in an animated conversation on the
obscurity of 2rowning's poetry. At Eagle
street young swell got on and took the seat
behind the halter, whom he at once recog-
nized as the man of whom he purchased his
headgear, though the latter didn't know him.
After sitting some time uneasily, the swell
suddenly stuck his head forward and inquired
with loud voice, II say, when'll the fall
styles O hats be out down toy our placea l
can't wear this thing much longer and I'd
like to know when can get a new one."
The irritated individual addressed, brought
down from his supreme contemplation OF
Browning. to the consideration of hats, re-
piled tartly: "Sir, am halter only between
s o'clock and g." and therefore resumed his
conversation, while the reproved swell quickly
alighted and disappeared down side street.
Buffalo Courier.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-10
Pleasure and Pain.

Thus no one can define life or death, and
pleasure and pain are equally incapable of
definition, or even of accurate description.
We think we know what it is to live and feel
pleasure or pain, but when we attempt to ex-
press our thoughts by words we discover that
the feat is impracticable. The answer to the
question "What is pain!" must therefore be,
"No one knows" This is how far we have
proceeded in the quest for definitive answer.
Pain is a sensation which more or less rapidly
and acutely assails the faculty of endurance.
In its commonest forms it is suffering pro-
duced by nerve excitation, the elements of
the nervous apparatus being either directly
or by transmitted irritation mechanically
disturbed. For example, compressed, as in
squeezing or bursting pain; or stretched, as
when the pain is aching or tearing; bruised
or lacerated, as when the pain Is due to a cut
or wound of some sort. 1t is not of course
always the fact that these mechanical injuries
to nervous tissue take place at the point to
which pain is referred, because, being sensa-
tiou. pain is felt at some seat Of sensa-
ton that is in connection with the sensory ap-
paratus affected, although it may be remote
from the point where the impression is pro-
duced. In short, pain may be a message of
suffering sent from some injured part through
a chain of nerve elements as message of
word symbols is transmitted by telegraphic
wire.-London Lancet.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-10
How Saratoga Chips Are Made.

"Do Saratoga chips come from Saratoga"
inquired an innocent reporter of grocer.
"Not much," said the grocer. "They are
made in this city, and many are shipped to
Saratoga. But if you want to know all about
them just go up to the bakery and see how
they are made"
At the bakery It was learned that the con-
Germ has monopoly Of the business in this
city, and that there are only three makers OF
Saratoga chips in the country. Chips are an
American institution, and are not known
abroad save for some small lots that have
been exported. The process of manufacturing
is in part secret. The potatoes are peeled
and sliced by machinery. They are washed
and then dried between muslin cloths II
they were now fried the amount of starch
that they contain would make them brown,
and the secret of the business is to remove all
Of the starch, so that the chips will be per-
fectly white. When this is done they are put
into the hot grease, and come out curled and
crisp and with the delicious flavor that has
made them famous the world over Said the
manager:
ave use seventy-five barrels of potatoes a
week, keep seven bakers at work and have
three wagons out delivering Hotels take
them by the barrel, restaurants take them in
twenty-five pound boxes, and for grocers to
serve to private families we put them up in
one pound cartons. The dining cars on nearly
all the railroads use them, and we have sent
some to England. Cities as far away as
Jacksonville, Fla, and San Francisco send
to us for Saratoga chips. They will keep for
three months A few minutes in a bAt oven
makes them as crisp as though they were Just
fried New York Mail and Express
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-10
A Shrewd Yankee.

A northern shoe merchant set up shop in
Vicksburg several years ago, and buying his
stock of the manufacturer he had always
dealt with, without reference to any pecullari-
ties among his new patrons, found himself
loaded with an absolutely unstable lot of
shoes. At first he thought his case was hope
less, and then noticing that the few small
numbers he had were too small really for the
people that called for them, he tumbled to the
real state of the case. The Vicksburg ladies
were greatly gratified at his dlplomaticaly
loud avowals that he had bought his stock all
wrong through ignorance of the tininess OF
the southern foot, and when he at considera-
BILE expenditure of time and ingenuity man.
aged to mark large part of his stock over
again and invited them to come and see his
new goods bought for little feet, he drove
good trade, and he says saved himself from
bankruptcy As fact, however, he did
have few boxes of advanced sizes for which
he had no call whatever.-New York Graphic.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-10
Clubman and Cabby.

The other night cab of rather dilapi.
dated ami dissipated appearance, which was
more or less attached to the cab horse by
ropes and bits of harness, came to stop near
the Brunswick, while the driver got down
and held long colloquy with drowsy club
man within. The cabman insisted that he
had been promised fare of S. by his passen-
ger, but the passenger vigorously but sleepily
denied it, and tried to negotiate new deal
on a basis of fifty cents. About the time that
the driver threatened to take him out and
thrash him on the sidewalk the clubman gave
in gracefully and said in conciliatory voice.
"All right, cabby. Take me up to Seventy
sixth street, and when you get there open the
door of your cab and collect your little S..
I'm too tired to talk any more"
Thereupon the driver climbed to his seat
wrapped his blanket around his legs, pulled
his cap over his ears, bumped his shoulders,
kicked his horse, and started slowly up Fifth
avenue.
Before the cab had gore fifty feet the door
was pushed open gently and the clubman
swung himself deftly to the ground while the
cab went on up the avenue with the door
hanging wide open. The clubman stepped
into the Brunswick, took room and was
snuSy in bed before the cab had got within
sight OF Sixty-sixth street.-New York Even
inp Sun
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-10
His Certificate of Deposit.

AS queer things happen sometimes at the
banks as anywhere else. 1t was not long
ago that a galootish looking fellow walked
Into the First National and asked for a
certificate of deposit. He counted out his
money and handed it through the window.
The teller took it. counted it, and threw it
into his box. Then taking his great canvas
covered book, wherein are entered the sigma
lures of the thousands of people who hold
certificates of the First National, he threw it
around and passed it through for the galoot
to sign. The next instant, when the teller
looked up, the depositor was half way down
the big banking room with that great book
under his arm and making for the door.
There We're the money boxes to look out for
and the drawers to close, and the clerk could
get out in pursuit only by running down and
around 100 feet of counters He didn't try to
do all these things He helloed to the near
est customer he saw outside to run and stop
that fellow with the great canvas covered
book. That was no difficult matter. The
man was making his way painfully and
slowly down Dearborn street, and came back
cheerfully. He thought that that forty
pound book, he said, was his certificate of
denosit Chicago Herald
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-10
Why the Soldiers Desert.

An ex-soldier was telling his experiences a
few days ago. "Do you want to know" he
asked, "why it is that SO many soldiers desert
from the army? Nearly one-third of the
army deserts every year, and there are II, 600
courts martial every twelve months, and this,
remember, in an army which doesn't consist
Of many more than 10000 men when the
ranks are pretty full. Well, the reason SO
many desert is that they are treated more
like dogs than men-no, not like dogs, for /
would rather be an officers dog than musket
carrier-and never receive any consideration
whatever. That's why better class of men
doesn't join the army. l don't kick on the
pay the common soldier gets-Sl3 month
and clothes and grub is more than many
man with a family to support gets-but the
things the private puts up with are too hard
to bear, and it's wonder that fifty officers
amt shot every year by their men.
.'Of course the officers will deny that there
is any brutality in the army. but it's there all
the same, and the men would rather good
deal be sent to the military prison at Fort
Leavenworth than serve in the ranks-that is
q good many Of them. Why, private
darsen't speak to his superior officer, young
cad Just out of West Point, without permission.
There's too much of the English snobbery in
our army. Outside the English our army is
the most exclusive aristocracy in the world.
It's mostly made up of officers now, anyhow,
there being an officer for every eight men or
so. It's nearly as top heavy as the navy and
about as useless. 1t supports a lot of lazy
loafers, and that's about all it's good for.
There's good men in the army, of curse, but
there's nothing for them to do but draw their
pay. Perhaps you think Pm little bitter,
but then you must remember that l served
five years in the ranks-which is worse than
five years in Joliet any time."-Chicago
Tribune
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-10
Sanitary Effect of Rain.

"We commonly abuse our climate" writes
Mr.. w. Mattieu Williams, son account of its
humidity. This is great mistake Frequent
and moderate rain, such as constitutes the
characteristic of British climate, is the most
effective of all sanitary agencies. 1t cleanses
the ground, and, what is far more important.
1t cleanses the air. The ammoniacal and
other exhalations, continually rising from
decomposing animal and vegetable matter.
are all more or less soluble in water and are
largely removed by gentle rain. Besides
these it absorbs and carries down into rivers
and thence to the sea the excess of carbonic
acid exhaled from our lungs, and produced
by our fires and lights De Saussure found
that shower of rain removed about 2S per
cent of the carbonic acid from the air over
Lake Geneva Also that there was less over
the lake than over the neighboring meadows
and the great elevations of the Alps where
there was no water. The atmosphere over
the sea contains less than one fourth of the
quantity in that over the land Tar away at
sea the quantity is inappreciable, and at
given place on the coast it varies with the
wind, increasing as it blows from the land
and vice eversa.-Arkansaw Traveller.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-10
THE TALL SILK HAT.
How the fashionable Chimney Pot Hat
is Made and Where 1t Originated.

HOW the asnlOnaDle Shimuey ma
is Made and Where 1t Originated.
A Broadway dealer discoursing on the sub
ject of hats to reporter said: How few
men know how hats are made, and silk hats
in particular Retrospective old men come
in here sometimes and tell me about the diff
ferent shapes they have worn for the last
fifty years, and in spite of the vast improve
ments in the shape and weight of hats made
nowadays, all those old fossils declare for the
hat Of fifty years ago that weighed about
pound A silk hat is composed of two or
three thcknesses of muslin soaked in gum
shellac dissolved in alcohol. After the proper
stiffness is acquired it is stretched on frames
to dry The sides are cut in bias strips of the
proper width and the ends are neatly fused
together with hot iron The top, which is
of heavier material, is fastened by a narrow
strip of muslin coated with shellac This is
ironed over the edges and keeps the whole
firmly in place. The brim is now put on.
This is of muslin five times thicker than the
sides and is fitted to the crown by strips SINH
lar to those that keep the top in place. These
are called ''bodies,n and after the block upon
which they are made is removed they are
dried.
"The drying room is about twelve feet
and in the center are a number of shelves.
1t is very necessary to have the hats dried at
an even temperature all over to avoid "weak
spots" From the drying room the bodies are
sent to be covered with the plush. This is an
operation requiring the greatest care. First,
the underbrim is covered with cashmere then
the plush is placed on the overbrim and ironed
down. The top and sides are neatly joined
with hot iron, and no one not in the bust
ness would know a seam was there. The hat
is adjusted on a circular machine that cuts
the brim any width with metrical precision
After the polisher has removed all dust and
particles it is sent to be trimmed.
GAS the hat nears perfection the greatest
skill is required in its handling. The edger
sets the brim and then the curler begins his
work. Upon his deft fingers depend the style
and finish of the hat. This work is done en-
tirely by hand and is the most important and
best paid branch of the trade"
Silk hats were known in Florence, Italy,
century ago, and in 1926 were introduced into
France, where the best hats are now made.
The hattesS in England continue to celebrate
Nov. % by an annual festival in honor Of st.
Clement, the patron saint of the craft, to
whom tradition ascribes the discovery OF the
manufacture of hats.-New York Evening
Sup